Group Video Presentation for Project 1
Reflection on Group Project 1
Introduction
I would like to share the content of my e-portfolio is a representation of all that I have learned and accomplish throughout this project. Me and my team has decided to make a statistic about unhealthy habit among the undergraduate students in University Technology Malaysia (UTM) that affect their health and quality life. This study aims to assess their health behaviors and its associated factors. I want to thank my beloved lecturer, Dr Suhaila, my classmate and especially my team members who have contributed their times, supports and cooperation in many ways. Through our collective efforts, our group successfully completed this project with collection of data from our target, report, video presentation and e-portfolio in individual.
Reflection
Collecting data is highly challenging process of conducting a research but it can also be fulfilling. I have had first experience conducting a project for my degree, and while it was a generally enjoyable and motivated experience. The following sharing represent the skill and learning statement that I reflect the implications of the research experience on my personal.
After spending additional amount of time for the choice of appropriate methodology, we decided to use google form to blast to our target group because it will save our time for collecting data. Of course, I did make few mistakes during the process of making google form, collecting data, writing the report and so on. However, I learned some valuable lessons as a result of this too. I realized that collecting data was important in order to get primary research data into my study topics because it allows I and my team members to get the right and accurate data for our topic, which is to see the unhealthy habit among the university students especially about their eating habits. So, our target group to collect the information is university students in University Technology Malaysia (UTM).
I and my team members had chances to have a meeting with our lecturer for two times before Movement Control Order (MCO) started. We obtained practical support regarding various aspects of the work during these meetings. The discussions took place related to the issues of selection of the research approach and formulation of research questions and objectives. Our lecturer equipping us with knowledge of effectively conducting similar studies in the future in general.
While the data collection process was extremely stressful, and sometimes precarious, I learned to be resilient in, and how to maintain focus on my objectives. I and my team had difficulties in order to finish all the requirement for this project. For instance, we need to struggle to complete all the graphs needed using R Studio since this is our first time using that software. Furthermore, everything we discussed using media social platform like WhatsApp and Telegram. It was a new experience actually for us to handle and complete a project group without meeting with team members. But I am thankful to have great team members because we always helping each other if we had any problems or any misunderstood.
I have demonstrated my interpersonal and communication skills at various stages of doing this project for the most part preparing for and making the video presentation. I have problem in low confident especially talk in a video. However, my communication skills have played a crucial role in terms of succeeding in making the video presentation effectively and in a group discussion. I have learned from my experiences within and outside of academic settings that communication skills play the most crucial role in terms of succeeding as a student. Importantly, it was increasing my self-confidence level in handling a project too.
Conclusion
According to the data that we collected, most students in UTM care their lifestyle from their eating habits and expenses in a day. Maybe some of them did not practice a healthy lifestyle or having depressed in study that can lead to health problems either physical or mental. Overall, they still practice a good lifestyle during their university life. It is a good practice!
As a conclusion, completing this research and analysis project for following my Probability and Statistical Data Analysis (PSDA) course has increased the level of my preparedness to handling more project in future during my degree and professional life because it successfully awakening the ability of my energy and knowledge. In my opinion the biggest benefit I received from enrolling to this course of study is the process of data collection, data interpretation and data validation that believe in my skills and capabilities and they have also awoke my desire to approach studying as a lifelong process.